A About our Firm. North Ridge Wealth Advisors, Inc. is an Oregon corporation and
independent registered investment advisor firm registered with the SEC since June 24, 2021.
Prior to our registration with the SEC, our firm had been registered as an investment advisor
with the State of Oregon since its founding in 2011. Our principal owners are Brian J. Lawrence,
CFA® and Adam D. Cornwell, CFA®, CFP®. Our offices are located in Beaverton, Oregon.
We provide fee-only financial planning and investment management services that are driven by
and tailored to each client’s unique financial circumstances and goals. We utilize broadly
diversified portfolios and a systematic strategy to manage our clients’ investments. We follow
strict fiduciary standards, putting our clients’ interests before our own and seeking to avoid
conflicts of interest with our clients. We are compensated only by the advisory fees paid to us
by our clients. We do not receive fees, commissions, or any other form of compensation from
any third party.
The information contained in this Brochure describes our investment advisory services,
practices, and fees. As used throughout this Brochure, the words “North Ridge,” “Advisor,”
“firm,” “we,” “our,” and “us” refer to North Ridge Wealth Advisors, Inc., and the words
“you,” “your,” and “client” refer to you as either a client or prospective client of our firm.
Prior to forming an investment advisor-client relationship, we may offer you a complimentary
general consultation to discuss the nature of our services and to determine the possibility of an
advisory relationship. Investment advisory services begin only after the prospective client and
North Ridge formalize their relationship by the execution of a written advisory agreement.
B, C Our Services. We help our clients coordinate and prioritize their financial lives with all aspects
of their life goals through our offering of investment advisory services that combine ongoing
portfolio management with financial planning and consulting advice. These services are custom
tailored to each client’s stated investment objectives, goals, and needs. We will discuss with the
client in detail critically important information such as the client’s risk tolerance, time horizon
for investments, and projected future needs, to formulate a written investment policy and
financial plan. This investment policy and financial plan guide us in objectively and suitably
managing the client’s account. We meet with clients as needed to review portfolio
performance, discuss current issues, and re-assess the client’s long- and short-term goals and
plans.
We design diversified portfolios for our clients which generally include mutual funds, exchange-
traded funds (“ETFs”), exchange-listed equity securities (e.g., stocks) and debt securities (e.g.,
corporate bonds). We may also recommend certificates of deposit, municipal securities, U.S.
government securities, money market funds, and other types of investments, as may be
appropriate for the client.
When you engage us for advisory services you will be required to deposit your assets at an
independent qualified custodian (the “Custodian”), usually a licensed broker-dealer, banking or
savings institution, and grant us limited authority to buy and sell securities within your account
on a discretionary basis. This means that our firm and our investment advisor representatives
will be authorized to implement trades directly within your account without obtaining your
consent prior to each transaction. Unless you direct otherwise, our discretionary authority will
also include the authority to hire and fire third party-money managers and/or sub-advisors
(collectively, “Independent Managers”) to directly manage all or a portion of your account
without your prior approval. In some instances, you may be required to execute a limited
power of attorney with the Independent Manager(s) selected by North Ridge, permitting the
Independent Manager(s) to directly execute trades within your account. The scope of our
authority over your accounts is described in a written advisory agreement you will enter with
our firm prior to the commencement of any advisory services.
Where we select Independent Manager(s) for management of your assets, we will continue to
act as your primary advisor, determining the initial and ongoing suitability of the selected
Independent Manager’s investment program, monitoring the Independent Manager’s
investment performance on an ongoing basis, and keeping the Independent Manager informed
of any changes in your financial circumstances or needs. The Independent Manager(s) selected
to manage your account will be responsible for all investment research, trading, and reporting
functions related to assets we allocate for their direct management. As part of our ongoing
monitoring of your Independent Manager relationship(s), we will terminate Independent
Managers and/or reallocate your assets between and among Independent Managers as we
believe to be in your best interests.
We are objective advisors and we always put your interests first. Our discretionary management
of your account will always be conducted in strict accordance with your investment objectives,
goals, and needs. You may impose reasonable restrictions on our management of your account,
including instructing us not to purchase certain specific securities, industry sectors, and/or asset
classes. We will notify you if we are ever unable to honor any of your investment
restrictions
for any reason.
Following our initial implementation of the desired portfolio of investments, we will
continuously monitor your holdings, recommend, and implement changes as needed and
appropriate, and provide you with ad hoc financial planning and consulting advice intended to
address your ongoing financial affairs and concerns. These additional included services may
include advice regarding assets “held away” from the accounts we manage on your behalf (e.g.,
college savings accounts, employer-sponsored retirement accounts, certain insurance products,
etc.) and will be provided to you through a combination of in-person consultations, phone
conferences, and/or via electronic means (e.g., e-mail, secure web-portal, etc.).We will typically
update your financial plan at least annually, or as otherwise agreed with the client. You will
make all ultimate investment decisions with respect to our financial planning and consulting
recommendations and be responsible for implementation and ongoing monitoring of any
investments held away from the investment accounts over which we are granted discretionary
authority.
Integrating investments across all individual retirement accounts, taxable accounts, and
employee retirement accounts is crucial to our investment management process. Client input
and involvement are equally critical to our financial planning process and the implementation
of investment decisions for your accounts. To ensure your ongoing involvement in these
processes, we will consult with you periodically (and further, as you may reasonably request) to
address the status of your investments and to address any common financial concerns and
questions that may arise during our relationship.
Schwab Institutional Intelligent Portfolios™
North Ridge also provides portfolio management services through Institutional Intelligent
Portfolios™, an automated, online investment management platform for use by independent
investment advisors and sponsored by Schwab Wealth Investment Advisory, Inc. (the
“Program” and “SWIA,” respectively). Through the Program, we offer clients a range of
investment allocation models we have constructed and manage, each consisting of a portfolio of
exchange traded funds (“ETFs”) and a cash allocation. The client’s portfolio is held in a
brokerage account opened, with our assistance, by the client at SWIA’s affiliate, Charles Schwab
& Co., Inc. (“CS&Co”).
North Ridge is independent of and not owned by, affiliated with, or sponsored or supervised by
SWIA, CS&Co or their affiliates (together, “Schwab”). The Program is described in the Schwab
Wealth Investment Advisory, Inc. Institutional Intelligent Portfolios™ Disclosure Brochure (the
“Program Disclosure Brochure”), which is delivered to clients by Schwab during the online
enrollment process.
North Ridge and not Schwab, is the client’s investment advisor and primary point of contact with
respect to the Program. We are solely responsible, and Schwab is not responsible, for determining
the appropriateness of the investment allocation model for the client, choosing a suitable
investment strategy and portfolio for the client’s investment needs and goals, and managing that
portfolio on an ongoing basis. Schwab’s role is limited to delivering the Program Disclosure
Brochure to clients and administering the Program so that it operates as described in the Program
Disclosure Brochure.
We have contracted with Schwab to provide us with the technology platform and related trading
and account management services for the Program. This platform enables us to make the
Program available to clients online and includes a system that automates certain key parts of our
investment process (the “System”). The System includes an online questionnaire that helps us
determine the client’s investment objectives and risk tolerance and select an appropriate
investment strategy and portfolio.
Clients should note that we will recommend a portfolio via the System in response to the client’s
answers to the online questionnaire. The client may then indicate an interest in a portfolio that is
one level less or more conservative or aggressive than the recommended portfolio, but we then
make the final decision and select a portfolio based on all the information we have about the
client. The System also includes an automated investment engine through which we manage the
client’s portfolio on an ongoing basis through automatic rebalancing and tax-loss harvesting (if
the client is eligible and so elects).
We do not receive a portion of a wrap fee for our services to clients through the Program. Clients
do not pay fees to Schwab in connection with the Program, [but we charge clients a fee for our
services as described below under the Fees and Compensation section below.
D Wrap Fee Programs and Types of Investments. We do not participate in or sponsor any
wrap-fee programs. The types of investments we primarily advise our clients on are described
above in this Item 4. However, we may also provide advice regarding investments held in your
portfolio at the inception of our advisory relationship and/or other investment types not listed
above, at your request.
Please see Item 8 of this brochure for a description of the methods of analysis and investment
strategies we typically employ in advising client accounts.
E Assets Under Management. We manage $163,962,204 of client assets on a discretionary basis
and $0 of client assets on a non-discretionary basis. These amounts were calculated as of
December 31, 2023.